DeKalb DA draws statewide prosecutors and ex-chief justice into judge fight

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:05:00 -0400

DECATUR — DeKalb County’s top prosecutor is no longer fighting a Superior Court judge alone.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that District Attorney Sherry Boston is bringing Georgia’s former chief justice and a bipartisan group of district attorneys and solicitors into her effort to pull Judge Yolanda Parker-Smith off every criminal case involving the DA’s office while a Judicial Qualifications Commission misconduct case against the judge remains pending. Boston argues the judge is biased against her office. The judge’s counsel frames the fight as a personal vendetta.

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DeKalb DA draws statewide prosecutors and ex-chief justice into judge fight